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West Lothian Council Planning Applications

SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to West Lothian Council. Track residential extensions, commercial developments and major infrastructure projects in one place, updated daily.

205Applications (90 days)
16Major applications
76%Approval rate
65 daysMedian decision time
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0625/FUL/26Commercial£50k–100k

Johnston Fuels Ltd Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HR

Installation of a self bunded rectangular fuel storage tank

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0664/CLU/26Householder

120 Millgate Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6SW

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed shed in rear garden

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0621/CLU/26Householder

5 Glencorse View Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FL

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion

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0611/FUL/26CommercialMajor£5m–20m

Land Within Service Yard Of Centrex House Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7BH

Erection of a 2,293sqm industrial building containing 7 units for Class 4 (Business), Class 5 (General Industrial) and Class 6 (Storage and Distribution) uses

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0672/CLU/26Householder

21 Comitis Road West Calder West Lothian EH55 8FX

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed garage conversion

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0712/PAC/26ResidentialMajor£5m–20m

Land At Linkston Way (Former Edgar Allen Works) Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2RB

Proposal of application notice for residential development and other associated works and infrastructure including car parking, servicing, access arrangements and landscaping

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0552/CLU/26Other

Raw Farm East Calder West Lothian EH53 0ET

Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of the greenhouse building for direct sales (Class 1A)

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0658/FUL/26ResidentialMajor£5m–20m

11B/1 Humbie Holdings Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DS

Amendment to approved layout for planning permission 0636/FUL/19 (erection of 27 retirement lodges) and erection of a dwellinghouse for site manager (Re-submission of planning application 0964/FUL/22)

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0707/PAC/26Residential

Land North Of Sibcas Easton Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2SF

Proposal of application notice for residential development

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0689/TCA/26Other

5 Low Brae Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LU

T1 Silver Birch tree and G1 7 Beech trees to be reduced by approximately 30% to appropriate pruning points

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0671/FUL/26Residential

2 Preston Court Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EN

Change of use from house to short term let (in retrospect)

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0639/FUL/26Residential

33 Plover Brae Ladywell Livingston West Lothian EH54 6UF

Change the use of the property from a Care Home (class 8) to a house of multiple occupancy (HMO)

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0665/H/26Householder<£10k

2 The Walled Garden Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NQ

Installation of replacement of front door and balcony french doors

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0666/H/26Householder<£10k

Hillhouse 8 High Brae Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LX

Installation of replacement doors with like-for-like timber doors with double-glazing

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0674/H/26Householder£10k–50k

48 Middleton Road Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DF

Extension to house

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Planning appeals in West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council is not in England, so the Planning Inspectorate does not decide its planning appeals. They are decided by Scottish Government Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA). SiteLens holds that body’s own record, shown below. It is not comparable with the Inspectorate’s England figures, which are decided under different legislation, so it is read against that nation’s rate instead.

Appeals recorded
210
Judged either way
202
Allowed / dismissed
135 / 67
Overturn rate
Still collecting
That nation's rate
Not published

SiteLens is still collecting the DPEA's record, and a rate taken part-way through would reflect which parts have been collected rather than how West Lothian Council fares. The counts above are what is held so far and will rise. The counts above are published either way.

Source: the DPEA, read from its own published case record. Still being collected, so the counts are a floor and will rise.

Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.

Money behind development in West Lothian Council

Developer contributions at West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.

About West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.

SiteLens tracks the West Lothian Council planning register daily and enriches every new application automatically. Each is AI-classified by category and trade, given an estimated value band and a plain-English project brief, mapped, and checked against constraint flags like flood zones, conservation areas and green belt. Where an application names an agent, SiteLens shows the firm and matches companies to Companies House. Pro adds the applicant's name, the directors and company health behind each match, and the agent's direct email and phone where the council or firm publishes them, so you know who to speak to about the scheme.

You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official West Lothian Council planning portal.

West Lothian Council approval rates by application type

Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months. A guide, not a guarantee.

  • householder80% (106 decided)
  • other60% (25 decided)
  • commercial93% (15 decided)
  • residential63% (8 decided)

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